{"id":14283,"date":"2021-05-09T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14283"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:36:47","slug":"shores-of-desire-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14283","title":{"rendered":"Shores of Desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shores of Desire<\/a><\/em> (1997) Tracy Grant<\/a> (Lescaut Quartet)<\/p>\n

\"Shores<\/a>Set in Scotland, Belgium, and France in 1815<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry.” Melton’s eyes warmed with sympathy. “I wish there was more I could say. But if there are words that ease such a grief, I have yet to discover them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Don’t worry, Em. Leave it to the men.” <\/p>\n

The door closed behind him. Emma looked at Arabel. “I can’t imagine any words that would make me feel less confident.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“(W)hile I’m not a paragon of virtue, that’s one place I draw the line.” “Seducing governesses?” “Seducing any woman whose livelihood is dependent upon her respectability.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The cannonballs that should have ricocheted over the crest of the ridge and reached the men sheltering behind it were engulfed by the mud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why couldn’t anger be a solid wall barricading one against the treacherous assaults of memory? Instead it was a fragile curtain, with great rents that let in the thoughts and impulses of the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : Harper
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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